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Apple A8 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 26 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 17 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 26 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
324
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
8C / 8T · 3.05 GHz
1,270
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 14 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
607
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
8C / 8T · 3.05 GHz
4,335
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A8
Apple A8 100 %
Apple A8
136
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
ARM Mali-G710 MP10
1

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At a glance

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek Dimensity 9000
FamilyApple A series (27)Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU groupApple A8/A8X (2)MediaTek Dimensity 9000 (2)
ArchitectureA8Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510
Technology20 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A7
SuccessorApple A9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A8MediaTek Dimensity 9000
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Typhoon
1.50 GHz
1x Cortex-X2
3.05 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Cortex-A710
2.85 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A510
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A8MediaTek Dimensity 9000
GPU nameApple A8ARM Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency0.53 GHz0.85 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 12810 /
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology20 nm4 nm
Release dateQ3/2014Q2/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek Dimensity 9000
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A8MediaTek Dimensity 9000
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB16 GB
Memory channels14
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek Dimensity 9000
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2014Q1/2022
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A8
Apple A8
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
8C / 8T · 3.05 GHz

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